Religion and Characters in
Astonishing X-Men Sketchbook Special (July 2008)
by Simone Bianchi, Salvador Larroca

12 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants)  Summers Rebellion; X-Men; X-Factor		2,604
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian	Defenders; Academy of Tomorrow  X-Club; X-Factor; The Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men		5,233
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Defenders; Horsemen of Apocalypse  X-Saviours; Academy of Tomorrow; Renegades; X-Club; Secret Defenders; X-Factor; The Champions; X-Force; X-Men		1,741
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Team X; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Alpha Flight; Weapon X; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Force; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Avengers [Canada]		8,823
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	The Twelve (mutants); X-Saviours  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; Morlocks; Lady Liberators		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem  X-Men; Excalibur [Germany]		3,788
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; Weapon X (Exiles)  X-Men; The Acolytes [Russia; USSR]		4,122
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Exiles; Excalibur  S.H.I.E.L.D.; X-Men		3,128
White Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Council of the Chosen; Academy of Tomorrow  Hellfire Club Inner Circle; Dark X-Men; Generation X; X-Men		3,409
Armor (Hisako Ichiki)		Xavier Institute; X-Men		132
Dazzler (Alison Blaire)	singing	Academy of Tomorrow; X-Men  Excalibur		447
X-23 (Laura Kinney)	religiously untrained	New X-Men; League of Losers  X-Force; X-Men		190

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